Ramona Petzelberger (born 13 November 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. She previously played for

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club

SGS Essen SGS Essen are a German multi-sports club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club was founded in 2000 from the merger of ''VfB Borbeck'' and ''SC Grün-Weiß Schönebeck''. It is most renowned for its women's football team, which plays ...

. In 2022 she was called to the Germany national team.

Club career

Petzelberger began her career at the Police Sports-Club (Polizei-Sportverein) Essen and later moved to

FCR 2001 Duisburg FCR 2001 Duisburg (full name: ''Fußballclub Rumeln 2001 Duisburg'') was a German women's football club from Duisburg. The first team played in the Bundesliga. They originate from a women's team formed in 1977 under the umbrella of FC Rumeln-Kald ...

. In 2008 she moved to the second division club

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, for whom she scored four goals in 15 league games. Together with three team players, Petzelberger moved to

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr was a German football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club was its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship in 1978. ''Sportclu ...

for the 2009/10 season, where she won a regular place straight away. In the Bundesliga she made her debut on 20 September 2009 against Tennis Borussia Berlin; the first goal followed on 10 October 2009 against

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. Petzelberger signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen for the 2012/13 season. On 19 April 2017, the native Essenerin announced her return to the Ruhr area to the

. There, she extended her contract to June 2020. The first and third year were overshadowed for Petzelberger from long injury time. Nevertheless, Ramona Petzelberger played a key role in reaching the

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final in the final phase of the 2019/20 season (assist in the quarter-final against

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and leading goal in the semi-final against Bayer 04 Leverkusen). In July 2020 she left SGS Essen. Petzelberger signed for Aston Villa in July 2020. In 2022 she joined

International career

Petzelberger won the

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with the U-17 national team. With the U-19 national team, she reached the semi-finals at the 2010 U-19 European Championship. Petzelberger was also nominated for the 2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup that took place in the same year but had to cancel because of an injury. From 30 May to 11 June 2011 she took with the team at the U-19 Championship in Italy in part and led the team as captain until the finale, the 8–1 was won against the selection of

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, while the 4–0 met. After the tournament, Petzelberger was voted "Golden Player" of the finals by UEFA. Petzelberger captained the squad at the 2012 U-20 World Cup in Japan, finishing in sixth place at the tournament. All three group games was the U-20 team for opt (against China 4–0,

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1–0, and

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3–0) and drew with nine points and a goal difference of 8–0 goals in the quarter-finals. This was won by the team with Petzelberger against the selection from

4–0. In the semi-finals, the team met host nation Japan; the German team won 3–0 and moved into the final against the United States, which was lost 1–0. Ramona Petzelberger played all encounters over 90 minutes. On the 14th of February 2022 she was called up to Germany national team for the Arnold Clark cup 2022.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

* 2007: German B youth champion * 2009: U-17 European champion * 2011: U-19 European champion * 2012: U-20 vice world champion * Golden player of the 2011 European Under-19 Championship * Fritz Walter Medal 2010 in silver

References

External links

Ramona Petzelberger in the database of the German Football Association

Aston Villa player profile

Ramona Petzelberger in the database of fussballdaten.de
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petzelberger, Ramona Living people 1992 births SGS Essen players Aston Villa W.F.C. players Women's Super League players Frauen-Bundesliga players Bayer 04 Leverkusen (women) players SC 07 Bad Neuenahr players German women's footballers German expatriate women's footballers Germany women's youth international footballers Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Essen Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women players